Grants to End Homelessness
What We Fund
Amount Available
How to Apply
Closing Dates
Past Successful Applicants
What We Fund
The Mercy Foundation’s Grants to End Homelessness program is available for seeding initiatives, services, projects, advocacy and research that will contribute to the goal of ending homelessness by supporting permanent housing, housing first and supportive housing solutions.
Projects that focus on ending and preventing women’s homelessness especially chronic homelessness are priority areas for the program. We prioritise projects that provide lasting solutions to people’s homelessness.
Applicants must be able to specify measurable outcomes from the initiative. Those outcomes will need to show that the project has contributed to ending chronic homelessness or contributed substantially to increasing knowledge about the pathways into and out of homelessness.
Applicants must be a legal entity, such as an incorporated association or company, and not for profit. If not, the applicant can be auspiced by an appropriate organisation. Applications are not accepted from individuals. Applications are open to all States and Territories in Australia.
Note that successful grant recipients will be required to provide a copy of their Safeguarding Policy prior to the commencement of funding. More information about Safeguarding and a template for the policy is available from the ACNC website.
Unfortunately at this time, the Mercy Foundation is unable to fund services or projects which require recurrent or indefinite funding.
This grants program does not support food programs or short term or crisis responses to homelessness.
Amount Available
$5,000 – $60,000 per application
How to Apply
In order to reduce the amount of time and paperwork in preparing a long application, this grants program has an Expression of Interest (EOI) process. The EOI form will be available from this website once the grants program opens each year, usually in October. The Grants Committee assesses EOIs against the criteria and invites successful EOI applicants to submit a full application. Please note that moving to this next round is no guarantee that the Mercy Foundation will provide a grant for your project.
Contact Mercy Foundation staff at least two weeks prior to submitting your Expression of Interest to discuss your proposed project or if you have any questions:
Phone: 02 9911 7390
Email: mfgrants@mercyfoundation.com.au
This will give your project the best chance at progressing to the next stage of assessment.
Closing Dates
Expressions of Interest for a Grant to End Homelessness are usually due in November each year. The EOI form will be available from this website once the grants program opens each year, usually in October.
Past Successful Applicants